Member Story:
“Managing Multiple Doctors to Ensure My Health”

In business and in life, I believe in finding the best of class professionals in any discipline and partnering with them to address the important issues at hand. That is why I chose PinnacleCare as my health care advocates!

In addition, PinnacleCare has provided me with information about and access to complementary medicine approaches that have been integrated into my health care strategy, including identifying a personal trainer.

Though I was already proactive about improving my health, becoming a PinnacleCare member provides a team of professionals dedicated to helping one achieve one’s health goals. They have worked with me to set more detailed goals, provided connections to top medical specialists including a podiatrist who has been able to improve a long standing foot issue that had been previously treated by another podiatrist (without much success), and suggested a nutritionist who is helping with new body composition goals and supplements.

In addition, PinnacleCare has provided me with information about and access to complementary medicine approaches that have been integrated into my health care strategy, including identifying a personal trainer. They also performed a tremendous amount of topical timely research on various health issues.

They arranged a comprehensive Executive Physical at Northwestern’s Center for Partnership Medicine after reviewing a number of competing alternatives. The process surrounding the physical was excellent—from the detailed pre-physical interview through the in-depth discussion of the results on the day of the diagnostic tests with one of the hospital’s internists. I was walked through each of the tests before they took place. The physical was very thorough and examined physical well-being and also psychological issues that can have an important impact on overall health. All went smoothly and efficiently with little downtime.

My relationship with the PinnacleCare health advisor is a valuable one. It’s extremely beneficial to have someone who understands your motivations and the medical implications of all health issues you face. With that knowledge in hand, we have developed a plan to help me achieve meaningful goals. People who believe they have the comprehensive management of their health under control on their own are often kidding themselves. Most concerned individuals would benefit immensely from having a knowledgeable and committed partner like PinnacleCare.

Since becoming a PinnacleCare member, my health (and health care) is the best (and most thorough) it has ever been! I recently participated in a long-distance bike ride for charity with a friend. I rode 240+ miles in Florida over the course of four days and working with PinnacleCare helped me prepare for the rigors of this trip.

If you are unhealthy, you’re no good to anyone—family, friends, business associates, or yourself. In my field, financial advisory, insurance, and wealth management, we help people to protect and preserve their most valuable assets. I believe the most valuable asset we possess is our health. If we are spending less time, money, and energy on protecting and improving our health than we are on our financial assets, there may be reason to reevaluate our goals and support structure.

The firm is now allowing its entire adviser force to refer clients to PinnacleCare, which also created a new elder-care assessment… Many advisers feel that dealing with elder-care issues isn’t their responsibility. But as clients age, “you’re going to be doing this whether you want to or not.”

In a time of serious illness, these advocates can help research new treatments that doctors may not know a lot about, cut through the medical bureaucracy, and perhaps help frame medical decisions more objectively than stressed out patients and their family members. Advocates are not just there to help you heal but also to keep you healthy.

— Anne Tergesen, “Your Guide to the Medical Maze”

Consider hiring a private patient advocate… It could help get you the care you need.

— Judy Foreman, “For when a doctor and a nurse just aren’t enough”

“Pinnacle provided me with a name and with research that said, ‘here’s how other people are going it, and here’s who has the most long-term survivors, and here are their stories.’ What I got from that was hope. Not a bad return on investment.”

— Gregory Taggart, “Deluxe Health Care”

“I always thought the medical staff would return phone calls, answer questions and discuss treatment plans and options. I was wrong.” So the family turned to…PinnacleCare for help. Within one day, a doctor on the company’s staff reviewed her mother’s medical records and set up a conference call with a neurosurgeon from Johns Hopkins and a neurologist from Rush University Medical Center, who agreed to take on the case. “We needed someone on our side.”